She was a CS PhD and somewhat itinerant professor with a long career who wrote a prominent CS paper about computer memory, Hitting the Memory Wall: Implications of the Obvious
on her obituary page, you will see a prominent "Memory Wall" link that is NOT a reference to her paper, but a place for sharing your thoughts about her life
deater 4 hours ago [-]
you wouldn't believe how many people cite that paper as "Wulf et al." when that's practically more characters than saying "Wulf and McKee"
I notice these things a bit more as she was my PhD thesis advisor
marricks 2 hours ago [-]
There's only two authors! That's so rude!
SecretDreams 33 minutes ago [-]
et al should never be applied when only two authors!!!
b473a 56 minutes ago [-]
Yeah tenure is nice but there's just a hint of mystery behind the title "itinerant professor." Like a wizard that just pops up in places to work computer science magic.
akkartik 4 hours ago [-]
My dissertation was on the memory wall, and I never heard of her :/ RIP
AnimalMuppet 2 hours ago [-]
Could you (or someone else in the know) give us a brief overview of the current state of the memory wall issue?
akkartik 46 minutes ago [-]
Oh my knowledge is woefully out of date. But I believe the memory wall is a fact of life for the most part. Like many others, I nibbled around the edges of the constraint at massive cost in increased complexity. Outside of very specific exceptions the cure tends to be worse than the disease.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/216585.216588
on her obituary page, you will see a prominent "Memory Wall" link that is NOT a reference to her paper, but a place for sharing your thoughts about her life
I notice these things a bit more as she was my PhD thesis advisor